Dr. Weil's Alaskan Adventure

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In 2004, I spent an exhilarating, inspiring week surrounded by the astonishing beauty of Alaska’s Inside Passage. We traveled on Captain Dennis Roger’s 60-foot Alaska Adventurer, disembarking from Petersburg and touring the native habitat of wild Alaskan salmon. We saw humpback whales, seals, sea lions, eagles, orcas, bears, snow-covered mountains, rainforests, glaciers, hot springs, lakes, rivers, and awe-inspiring waterfalls. These photos are by Andre Fasciola.

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We were lucky enough to witness a truly awe-inspiring event. A pod of humpback whales encircled a school of fish with a ring of bubbles, a behavior known as bubble-net feeding. The whales were so close, we could smell their breath from our kayaks.
Our Alaskan adventure, mapped out.
John Pisto (a good friend, and guest on this adventure) is always on the lookout for fresh ingredients, even in bear country here on Baranof Island. I think he found some wild edible mushrooms in these weeds.